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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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