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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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