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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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