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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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