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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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