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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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