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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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