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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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