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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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