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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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