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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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