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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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