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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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