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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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