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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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