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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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