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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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