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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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