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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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