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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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