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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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