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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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