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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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