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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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