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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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