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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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