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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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