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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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