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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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