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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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