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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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