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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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