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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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