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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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