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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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