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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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