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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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