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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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