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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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