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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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