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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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