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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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