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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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