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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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