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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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