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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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