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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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