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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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