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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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