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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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