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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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