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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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