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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major 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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