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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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