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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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