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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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