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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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