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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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