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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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