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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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