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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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