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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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