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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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