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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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