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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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