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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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