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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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