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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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