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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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