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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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