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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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