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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the 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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