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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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