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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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