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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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