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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses 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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