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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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