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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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