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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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