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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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