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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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