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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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