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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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