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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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