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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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