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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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