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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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