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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches 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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