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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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