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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes 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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