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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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