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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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