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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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