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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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