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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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