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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major 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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