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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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