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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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