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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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