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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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