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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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