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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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