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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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