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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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