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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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