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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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