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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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