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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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