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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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