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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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