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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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