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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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