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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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