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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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