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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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