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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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