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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student 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 prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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