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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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