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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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