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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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