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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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