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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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