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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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