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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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