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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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