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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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