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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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