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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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