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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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