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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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