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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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