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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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