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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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