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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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