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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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