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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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