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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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