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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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