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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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