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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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