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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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