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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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