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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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