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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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