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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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