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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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