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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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