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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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