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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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