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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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