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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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