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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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