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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the 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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