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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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