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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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