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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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