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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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