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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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