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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always 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 numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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