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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews 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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