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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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