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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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