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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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