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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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