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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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