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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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