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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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