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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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