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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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