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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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