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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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