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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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