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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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