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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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