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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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