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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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