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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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