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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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