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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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