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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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