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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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