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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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