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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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