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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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