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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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