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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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