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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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