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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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