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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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