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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 (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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