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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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