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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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