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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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