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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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