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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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