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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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