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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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