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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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