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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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