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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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