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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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