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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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