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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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