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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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