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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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