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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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