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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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