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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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