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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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