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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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