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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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