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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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