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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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