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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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