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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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