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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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