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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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