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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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