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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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