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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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