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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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