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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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