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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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