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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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