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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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