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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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