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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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