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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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