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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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