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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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