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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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