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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping 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 sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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