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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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