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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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