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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts 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 definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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