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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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