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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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