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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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