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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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