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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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