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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning enable students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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