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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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