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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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