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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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