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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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