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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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