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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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