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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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