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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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