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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important 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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