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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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