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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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