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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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