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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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