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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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