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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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