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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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