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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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