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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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