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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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