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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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