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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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