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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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