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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education