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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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