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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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