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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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