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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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