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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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