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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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