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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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