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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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