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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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