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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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