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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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