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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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