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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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