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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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