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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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