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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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