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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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