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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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