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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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