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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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