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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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