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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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