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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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