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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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