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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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