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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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