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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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