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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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