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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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