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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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