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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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