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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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