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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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