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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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