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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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