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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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