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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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