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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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