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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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