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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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