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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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