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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students 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 several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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