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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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