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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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