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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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