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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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