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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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