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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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