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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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