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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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