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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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