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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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