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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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