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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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