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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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