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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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