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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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