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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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