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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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