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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates 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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