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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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