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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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