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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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