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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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