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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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