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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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