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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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