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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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