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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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