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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important 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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