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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the 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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