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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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