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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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