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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the 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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