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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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