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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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