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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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