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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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