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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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