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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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