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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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