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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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