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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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