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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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