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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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