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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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