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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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