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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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