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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the 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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