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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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