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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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