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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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