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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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