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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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