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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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