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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key 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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