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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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