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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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