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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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