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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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