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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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