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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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