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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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