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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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