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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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