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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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