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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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