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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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