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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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