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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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