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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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