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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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