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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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