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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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