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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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