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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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