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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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