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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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