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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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