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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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