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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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