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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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