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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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