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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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