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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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