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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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