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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies 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 stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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