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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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