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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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