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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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