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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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