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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 and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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