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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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