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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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