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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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