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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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