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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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