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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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