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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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