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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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