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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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