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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 massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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