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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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