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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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