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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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