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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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