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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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