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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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