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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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