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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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