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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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