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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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