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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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