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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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