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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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