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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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