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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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