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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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