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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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