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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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