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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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