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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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