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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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