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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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