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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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