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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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