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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 and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major 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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