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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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