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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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