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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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