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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses 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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