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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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