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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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