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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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