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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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