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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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