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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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