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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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