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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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