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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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