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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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