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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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