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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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