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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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