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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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