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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses 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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