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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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