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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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