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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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