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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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