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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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