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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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