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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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