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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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