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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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