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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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