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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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