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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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