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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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