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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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