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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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