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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important 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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