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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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