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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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