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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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