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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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