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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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