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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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