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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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