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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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