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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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