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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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