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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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