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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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