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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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