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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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