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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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