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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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