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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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