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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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