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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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