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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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