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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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