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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key 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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