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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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