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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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