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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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