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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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