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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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