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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this 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 educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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