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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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