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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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