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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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