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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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