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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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