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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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