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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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