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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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