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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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