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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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