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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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