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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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