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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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