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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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