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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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