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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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