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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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