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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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